Ukraine reduces gas consumption by almost 13% in 1H 2016

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The company also reported that the consumption of gas in the country amounted to 1 bcm in June.

As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine in 2015 reduced the consumption of natural gas as compared to 2014 by 20.9% – down to 33.727 bcm. The State Agency for Energy Efficiency forecasts a 15% decline in natural gas consumption in 2016 yoy.

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